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12 August 2016
The national inception workshop for the first of its kind Green Agriculture project was held on Thursday, 11 August 2016 at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. The project titled “Transforming Indian Agriculture for Global Environmental Benefit and Conservation of Critical Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity in Different Landscape” is funded by the...
10 August 2016
Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council has approved the Government of India (MoAFW and MOEFCC) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Project Identified Form (PIF) with project titled as “Green Agriculture: Transforming Indian Agriculture for Global Environmental Benefit and Conservation of Critical Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity in...
22 July 2016
Source: Daily Pioneer, Saturday, 23 July 2016. The green agriculture project of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO) with a funding of about Rs 40 crore will be undertaken in Uttarakhand to encourage organic farming, livelihood and work on mountain agriculture.
16 July 2016
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under the project “Strengthening Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) in India Using Innovative Methods and Digital Technology” funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare,...
15 July 2016
Source: The Hindu. The article on pulses: U.N.’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) India representative Shyam Khadka on Thursday said that while the impact of increase of the price of pulses on various income groups are not known in quantitative terms, it can pretty safely be assumed the rise in price has...